a thorough record of a patient's medical history and clinical data.
patient’s chart
a part of a hospital that immediately helps people who have been hurt in an accident or who are extremely ill
ER – emergency room
when you were hit with an object that broke the skull and entered the brain.
open head injury
when a bone or other hard substance breaks or cracks
fx – fracture
when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
MVA – motor vehicle accident
carefully watch and check a situation in order to see how it changes over a period of time
Monitor
a short piece of thread that has been sewn into a piece of cloth, or the action of the thread going into and out of the cloth
Stitches
to lose blood, especially because of an injury
Bleed
an estimation of how much blood is loss during surgery.
ebl – estimated blood loss
